How Simulators Handle DNFs, Reliability, and Chaos
A season simulation that ignores DNFs will almost always feel “cleaner” than real Formula 1—and it will usually overestimate how stable the standings are. Reliability, incidents, safety cars, and the knock-on effects of traffic don’t just add noise; they change who benefits from variance, who gets punished by it, and how quickly a title fight can flip after one ugly weekend.
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